In Singapore that is. They are from mainland China employed in the service sector. Mostly in hotels as cleaning stuff. The so called lower paid. The more well-to-do Singaporeans don't want to do. I use more Mandarin here than in Shanghai! Ha!
You want better English speaking, best head to Orchard Road. Sometimes I got blank stares on the other end when communicating in English. At street corner this afternoon, I overhead an conversation between two men. They started with Hokian, then Manadarin then English and all in one breath, a mix of all three in couple sentences. After a while, I really have no idea what they were talking about; because I just couldn't pick out what language; seems transformed to a new language.
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